Wherever we look in the ancient world the past has been controlled, but nowhere more rigorously than in the history of the Christian church. The methods of control, wherever we find them, fall under three general heads which might be described as (a) the invention, (b) the destruction, and (c) the alteration of documents.

Well, I have a testimony, I may be ignorant, but I am not lost.

You can only expand your capacities by working to the very limit

And the issue is never the merits of the evidence but always the jealous rivalry of the contestants to see which would be the official light unto the world. Right down to the present day we have been the spectators of a foolish contest between equally vain and bigoted rivals.

In this crucible of wickedness the true greatness of Mormon shines like a star.

[Eve] sees through Satan's disquise of clever hypocrisy, identifies him, and exposes him for what he is...[ever since Satan has] had it in for women.

At UCLA I quickly learned the knack of getting grades, a craven surrender to custom, since grades had little to do with learning.